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Radiocarbon dating of cremated bodies excavated from Britain's Stonehenge has solved part of the mystery surrounding the 5,000-year-old site: It was a burial ground for what might have been the country's first royal dynasty.
The new dates indicate burials began at least 500 years before the first massive stones were erected at the site and continued after it was completed, British archeologists said Thursday.
The pattern and relatively small number of the graves suggest all were members of a single family.
Radiocarbon dating of cremated bodies excavated from Britain's Stonehenge has solved part of the mystery surrounding the 5,000-year-old site: It was a burial ground for what might have been the country's first royal dynasty.
The new dates indicate burials began at least 500 years before the first massive stones were erected at the site and continued after it was completed, British archeologists said Thursday.
The pattern and relatively small number of the graves suggest all were members of a single family.